Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

christmas season

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables: christ-mas sea-son
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Advent, the period from Advent Sunday (inclusive) through the start of Epiphany.

noun

Christmastide, Yuletide; the Twelve Days of Christmas, starting on Christmas Day and ending on Epiphany, January 6.

noun

The winter season starting around Thanksgiving (typically Black Friday) and ending at or about New Year's Eve.

American usage; Informal

noun

The period at the end of the year when retailers promote Christmas shopping opportunities

Informal

Etymology

Christmas + season

Usage

American usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

Christmas seasons (plural)

Phrases

Christmas card Christmas list boxing week

Frequently Paired Words

Christmas card Christmas list boxing week

Synonyms

advent Christmastide Christmastime holiday season yuletide

Questions

What does christmas season mean?: Advent, the period from Advent Sunday (inclusive) through the start of Epiphany.
Where does christmas season come from?: Christmas + season

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